Houston, San Antonio, Austin: Book Tour for The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire

This week the book tour for The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, my novel based on the true story, comes through Houston, San Antonio, and Austin.

June 8, 2009 Houston, Texas
Reading & Book Signing
Blue Willow Bookshop
7 p.m.
14532 Memorial Drive at Dairy Ashford, Houston TX 77079
tel (281) 497-8675

June 9, 2009 Houston, Texas
Book Presentation (Reading, Discussion & Book Signing)
Consulate General of Mexico 4506 Caroline Street, 4th. floor|
Houston, TX 77004 . tel (713) 778-6101
12 p.m.
Among other presenters, John Mason Hart, Professor of Mexican History at the University of Houston, and Rogelio García-Contreras, Professor at the University of Saint Thomas, will introduce the author and provide a historical context for the book’s subject matter. Location: Consulate General of Mexico Free admission. |Light lunch will be provided RSVP: culturaleshouston (at) sre.gob.mx

June 10, 2009 San Antonio, Texas
Reading & Book Signing
The Twig Book Shop
5 pm (Please note 5 pm!! Flyers said 7 pm, but this is not correct)
5005 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209, Tel: 210-826-6411

June 11, 2009 Austin, Texas
Reading & Book Signing
Book People7 pm
603 N. Lamar Austin, TX 78703 tel. (512) 472-5050 and (800) 853-9757
At the corner of 6th & Lamar, across the street from Waterloo Records and right next door to REI & Anthropology.

More upcoming events elsewhere listed here. To view photos, read excerpts, and more, visit my webpage here. More anon.

Literal Lunch

Some weeks ago, a very fun lunch in Mexico City with poet Eduardo Chirinos, his wife Jannine (who took this photo) and my amiga Rose Mary Salum, writer and editor of Literal: Latin American Voices, which is based in Houston. (That's Yrs Truly in the middle.)

Ever since Literal first appeared on the scene, I've had the greatest admiration for Rose Mary Salum, for I know (from editing Tameme, first a bilingual journal, now a bilingual chapbook series) that it is no small task to gather quality work in two languages, publishing and marketing (aka "guilt management") and (I'm out of breath just thinking about it) getting it distributed. Literal is a first-class effort in all respects. And listen y'all: you can find Literal at Sanborn's in Mexico City!!

I'll be presenting my new novel, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire in Houston this week--- first at Blue Willow Bookshop Monday at 7 pm, then on Tuesday, with the Mexican Consulate General of Houston and Literal with a light lunch. Both events are open to the public, though for the latter, RSVP. For further information, click here.

More anon.